VideoClasses without Quizzes: Frank Furness and the Evolution of the Modern Library

Filmed in the Reading Room of the Frank Furness designed Anne & Jerome Fisher Fine Arts Library, three architectural historians and one practicing architect, all closely associated with Furness's work discuss the ways that Furness's design for the Fine Arts Library profoundly influenced modern library design. Participants include Dr. James F. O'Gorman, a leading architectural historian and author of The Architecture of Frank Furness; George E. Thomas, Gr'75, noted cultural historian and author of Building America's First University: An Historical and Architectural Guide to the University of Pennsylvania; Henry Myerberg, C'76, founder of HMA2 architects with a specialty in library design; and William Whitaker, GAr'96, curator of the University of Pennsylvania's Architectural Archives and the Kroiz Gallery. This event was co-sponsored by Penn Alumni, PennDesign and Penn Libraries.